Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-30
Aettcrs From the People.

EDITOR ENTEHpRIsE:-Please allow
!, visitor to tie Local Option celebration
on ChincoteaGue Island, Advertised Ill
the papers to come OH ut Temperance,
Hall oil that Island, on Saturday, April
sd to give to Tie readers OF your VAL
liable paper his impressions as to The
same. Arriving ut Franklin City, the
terminus of the ID. NJ. & Va, Il. r.. on
last SATURDAY. afternoon in time to & Ike
passage OH the steamer Widgeon for The
island, we were soon on our way and IN
IL short time after leaving Fritnklin City
landed safely Oh Chincoteague. we III
once started off to see the sights,
but judge of our disappointment, not TO
s;ly SORROW, at not seeing Il Single ilag
flying TO the breeze, nor did we hear the
uerry sound of single instrument.
making sweet music to cheer our lonely
hearts. But our disarpontments here
tofure were tt wal, compared with wha6
followed. fur we Snal were brought TO
realize that the crleu alton had produced
little, if any enthusiasm among the peo
pie Of the Island outside of IL very tew.
Being simply Il visitor OH the OCCASION
we could not be expected to ascertain
the exact number of persons III attend
ance at the HalIon Saturday afternoon.
but from the best information obtain
able from all sources. we come to The
conclusion that there were about SUI
persons present who had gone there To
listen to promised addresses from emi-
ncnt VirginianS. who, it is SAID, had
been Invited to be present on that occa-
sion and 10 Others of less note who had
been "importedo to entertain those WHO
are ever so willing to lick the iiand that
had but ST. recently smote the people OF
Virginia. y The eminent Virginia
orators failed TO put in their appearance
consequently the ''forcigntrs '-h;ld
things their OWL WAY. The festival
held in Temperance Hall III aid of the
great celebration on Saturday night
was tolerably well attended.
There were meetings held IN Tenn
perance Hall and III the Baptist church.
eS OH Sunday morning and on Sunday
evening in the Old Baptist Church, Rev.
Mr.: Grimsley, pastor, at which place
there WAS avery large gathering OF peo-
pie, members OF the different churches
and Tiers, who met. together Tor The
purpose Of holding ln odd fashioned
experience meeting" and they seemed
to have II very good time among them
selves. Presiding Elder Davis, Rev.
and Mrs. Snyder, OF Philadelphia. the
Nj. L. Church minister stationed on
the Island, brother tirimsley. pastor OF
the old Baptist church and Warner, OF
New JerSey--knnwn Oh tile Island us
Clown, Long Slor 'nan. "and other
aliases were all present and had each
their SHY III turn.
The NJ. E. minister in his remarks,
dwelt upon facts, WIS conservative III
I'LL he said, thereby winning many
friends among the two elements OF peo-
pie III attendance.
Remarks Of Warner, the 'clown, )"
about "a life long Democrat and Tenn
perance Man," who, it seems had at
sometime OF other written something
about him (Warner) and it had got in."
the newspapers, WAS very freely con-
demned by nearly every person who
heard him, both local 0ptiOniSt and anti
local opti0nist. From whit we SAW AMI
head we are forced to the conclusions.
that The imported speakers and leaders
in the celebration were far from being
satisfied with the reSults-and it is the
opinion of many that the affair VIII
greatly encourage tile enemies oil local
option. Fanatics and extremists are IL
drawback to any good cause as was
clearly proven last Saturday.
VISITOR.
April. ~. 81.